Yankees Lose Another Game and Another Player

By

Daniel Barbarisi

Updated April 3, 2013 11:00 p.m. ET

Yankees Lose Another Game and Another Player

A flat Yankee team. A near-empty Yankee Stadium. Yet another injury. There is not much in the way of hope around the Yankees right now—only a feeling that things are bad, and more troubles are coming. The Yankees lost their second game of the young season Wednesday, falling 7-4 to the rival Boston Red Sox. They lost a game that unraveled almost from the start, thanks to—what else?—another injury problem. Dependable No. 2 starter Hiroki Kuroda took a bouncing ball off his middle finger in the second inning, and while he stayed in the game, he wasn't the same pitcher. Kuroda, who quickly hit two batters and walked another after the injury, was soon pulled by trainers and diagnosed with a bruised finger. X-rays were negative but Manager Joe Girardi said Kuroda's status for his next start is unclear.

Yankee relievers let the game get out of hand, and soon New York faced a six-run deficit. The winless Yankees saved face with home runs from new arrivals Travis Hafner and Vernon Wells, but it wasn't nearly enough to close the gap.

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